Portable container handle structure



June 3, 1947. I DONNELLY 7 I 2,421,687

PORTABLE CONTAINER HANDLE STRUCTURE Filed Dec. 12, 1944 Patented June 3,1947 PORTABLE CONTAINER HANDLE i STRUCTURE Henry Gordon Donnelly,Baltimore, Md., assignor to C, R. Daniels, Inc., Newark, N. 3., acorporation of New York Application December 12, 1944, Serial No.567,854

This invention relates to improvements in handle structures for portablecontainers and the like; and the invention has reference, moreparticularly, to a novel combination of handle element and means foraflixing or anchoring the same to a wall of a container desired to beequipped therewith.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel construction ofhandle means for attachment to the walls of bags, baskets, tractionalcontainers, or the like, and especially for attachment to Walls of bagsor other containers made of canvasor other flexible material; any ofwhich containers may be of frameless or of framed type.

The invention has for another object to provide a novel handle structurecomprising perforated anchor plate means having grommets for securingthe same to a container wall, said grommets being arranged inpredetermined spaced relation one to another, and a flexible handleelement arranged to provide a freely extending loop mem- Other objectsof this invention, not at this time more particularly enumerated will beunderstoodfrom the following detailed description of the same.

An illustrative embodiment of the novel handle structure according tothis invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1is a fragmentary perspective view of a container, such, e. g., as one ofthe frameless canvas bag type, opposite side walls of which are equippedwith handle structures made according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary edge elevation of a container wall equipped withthe novel handle structure, said view being drawn on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is an external face view of a handle structure according to thisinvention as operatively assembled with and afiixed to a wall of acontainer, this view beingdrawn on a further enlarged scale; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, taken on line 4-4 inFig. 3.

Similar characters of reference are employed in 1Claim. (c1.150- '-12)the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

The novel handle structure of this invention, in an illustrativeembodiment thereof as shown in the drawings, comprises an externalanchor plate It) and an internal anchor plate ll, adapted to berespectively superposed upon the external and internal faces of a walll2 of a container desired to be equipped therewith, and so as toregister in opposed relation one to the other. Said anchor plates in andII may be made of any suitable and preferably rigid material, and arepreferably made of sheet metal. Said anchor plates may be of any desiredperipheral shape or design, and are preferably provided in andcoincidental to the marginal portions thereof with stiffening rib meansI3, whereby to reenforce the same against; accidental bending ordistortion. Each anchor plate is provided with a plurality of openingsarranged in predetermined spaced relation one to another. Said openingsare arranged in substantially right angularly related pairs; theopenings of one pair thereof being disposed and spaced along atransverse or horizontal axis, and the openings of the other pairthereof being disposed and spaced along a central vertical axisintersecting said transverse or horizontal axis. The anchor plates l0and H are secured one to, the other and to the intermediate container,wall l2 by grommets or metallic eyelets which extend through the anchorplate openings. tally aligned and spaced grommets l4 and I5, andvertically aligned and spaced grommets l6 and I1. Each grommet providesa passage [8 extending through the anchor plates l0 and II andintermediate container wall l2 between the exterior and interior of thecontainer.

The handle element of the structure may be made of any suitable flexibleor pliable material. For example, said handle element may be made offabricated canvas, leather or other flexible strip material, or it maybe made of covered or uncovered cordage, rope or like material. Thehandle element is formed to provide a freely extending loop member 19having side sections 20 and 2| terminating in initially free endportions. To connect the handle element in anchored relation to theanchor plate and container wall assembly, the end portion of the loopmember side section 20 is passed through the passage l8 of the grommet Mfrom one side to the other of the anchor plate and container wallassembly,

, preferably so as to extend from the exterior to These grommetscomprise horizon- 3 extended over the internal anchor plate II from thegrommet M to the grommet i 6, thus forming a flat lying bight 22contiguous to the internal anchor plate I I, being thence passedoutwardly through the passage 18 of grommet M6 to provide an emergentterminal portion 23 exteriorly of the external anchor plate II]. In likemanner, the end portion of 'the loop member side section 21 is passedinwardly through the passage 18 of the grommet l5, being thence extendedover the internal anchor plate II from said grommet 1-5 to the grommetI'l, thus forming a flat lying big-ht 24 contiguous to the internalanchor plate ll, being thence passed outwardly through the passage l8 ofsaid grommet I! to provide an emergent terminal portion 25 exteriorly ofthe external anchor plate l0, and opposed to the before mentionedterminal portion 23. Said terminal portion 25 is disposed in overlappingrelation to said terminal portion 23, and the lapped portions thereofare united in joined or coupled relation by afiixing therethroughsuitable fastening means, such, e. g, as a plurality of rivets 26. Thethus joined terminal portions 2325 provide a flat lying bight contiguousto the external anchorpla-te H].

By the described connected relation of the handle element to the anchorplate and container wall assembly, the handle loop member is disposed toextend freely from an exterior side of a wall of the container equippedtherewith. It will be obvious, however, that if it is desired to havethe handle loop member extend from an interior side of a container wall,the end portions of the handle loop member side sections may beinterlaced with the anchor plate and container wall assembly in a mannerthe reverse of that above described.

It will be understood from the above description of the handle structureas made according to this invention, that the same provides a connectionof handle loop member to a container wall as reenforced by the handleanchor plates which is exceedingly strong and durable; and one in whichtearing away of the handle loop member side sections is powerfullyresisted by the arrangement of bights of the handle element end portionswhich are in snubbed relation to the anchor plates and their grommets.Furthermore, since by reason of the novel laced connection. of thehandle element end portions throughand between a plurality of spacedpoints within the area of the anchor plates, it will be obvious thathandle pulling stresses and strains will be so divided and distributedthat risk of transmitting tearing or rupturing strains .or

stresses to the container wall per se is substantially eliminated.

While in the embodiment of my invention as shown in the drawings and ashereinabove described, an anchor plate arrangement has been specified ascomprising external and internal anchor plates, and although in mostcases such arrangement will be desired, it will nevertheless beunderstood that in some cases a satisfactory structure may be providedby the use of but a single anchor plate optionally applied to faceeither the interior or exterior side of a container wall to be equippedtherewith.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

A handle structure for portable containers and the like comprising anexternal anchor plate and an internal anchor plate respectivelysuperposed upon exterior and interior faces of an interposed container.wall in registered opposed relation one to the other, a plurality ofspaced grommets for securing said anchor plates and container wall inassembled relation, said grommets comprising a pair of horizontallyaligned laterally spaced grommets and a pair of intermediate verticallyaligned and spaced grommets, a flexible handle element arranged toprovide a freely extending loop member, the side sections of whichterminate in end portions, one of said end portions being laced from theouter side inwardly through one of said first pair of grommets to passthence to and outwardly through one of said second pair of grommets, andthe other said end portion being laced from the outer side inwardlythrough the-other of said first pair .of grommets to pass thence to andoutwardly through the other of said second pair ofgrommets, and terminalparts of said end portions respectively emergent :from said second pairof grommets being joined and secured together, whereby to provide asuccession of interconnected snubbed bights adapted to sanchor said loopmember to the anchor plate container wall assembly and so as to ofisetsaid loop member outwardly from the exterior side .of the containerwall.

HENRY GORDON DONNELLY.

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